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it's 0-for-3. >> i like that. >> eliot: send that on to joe biden. he can use that, too. we'll be here thursday night and we'll be here with popcorn and soda. jennifer granholm, thank you so much for your time. looking forward to seeing you for our coverage. >> youyou betcha. >> eliot: as for the presidential debate. it was the first one. is it time to panic? that's ahead. [ male announcer ] did you know that mach3 can last longer than a disposable? mach3 has hd blades coated with 4 strengthening layers so it can last 2 times longer than a disposable. switch to mach3. closer shave, great value. gillette, mach3. smiles make more smiles. when the chocolate is hershey's. life is delicious. >> eliot: a billionaire resort owner tells his employees they may lose their jobs if barack obama gets reelect: that's next in my view. but first, a reminder tomorrow night join me along with cenk uygur, john fugelsang and governor jennifer granholm as we cover the vice presidential debate. al be an exciting match up. here on current tv. more "viewpoint" coming right up. (vo) what is said
it's 0-for-3. >> i like that. >> eliot: send that on to joe biden. he can use that, too. we'll be here thursday night and we'll be here with popcorn and soda. jennifer granholm, thank you so much for your time. looking forward to seeing you for our coverage. >> youyou betcha. >> eliot: as for the presidential debate. it was the first one. is it time to panic? that's ahead. [ male announcer ] did you know that mach3 can last longer than a disposable? mach3 has hd blades...
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biden and most recently as chief of staff to former senator ted kauffman one of the few senators in washington willing to take the wall street banks. jeff connaughton saw the spinelessness of washington's prosecuteprosecute toral alexandria forces described in this book. why is there no backbone in washington? >> well, too much money. that's not a new mention message. in my 23 years in washington the amount of money that wall street spends to influence one way or another tripled. this is a long-time problem. woodrow wilson used to talk about it in 1913. it has gotten so bad. i thought the financial crisis would shock people and lead to change, but the system is so incapable and even after the financial crisis we didn't see enough reform spirit. >> eliot: you sat in meetings with some of the most senior people of the department of justice, and heard them essentially say to you this is not our top priority. we really don't have the stomach for this. tell us about that. that had to be disheartening. >> when you're in government you want to believe in law enforcement leaders put your tr
biden and most recently as chief of staff to former senator ted kauffman one of the few senators in washington willing to take the wall street banks. jeff connaughton saw the spinelessness of washington's prosecuteprosecute toral alexandria forces described in this book. why is there no backbone in washington? >> well, too much money. that's not a new mention message. in my 23 years in washington the amount of money that wall street spends to influence one way or another tripled. this is...
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. >> i thought vice president joe biden did a good job of tying mitt romney to paul ryan and tying them to congress. >> a legitimate race. >> we know what happens when republicans are in office. mitt romney has to own that. >> eliot: the complete lack of fact underlying the argument. sam seder and alexis mcgill johnson, thank you for being on the program. join us for coverage of the second presidential debate. i'll be here with with governor granholm and john fugelsang. that's only on current tv. coming up, the romney tax plan so riddled with holes that even fox news is not buying it. the ugly truth ahead on "viewpoint." >> eliot: withwith fewer than 24 hours for the next presidential debate, president obama supporters are desperate to see him bounce back from his dismal performance in round one. here is our number of the day 58. that's how many town hall meetings that the president has taken part of since he took office according to cbs news. that's the format of tomorrow's debate. so the president won't have experience to fall back on as an ex-beans. but oftentimes real people can be
. >> i thought vice president joe biden did a good job of tying mitt romney to paul ryan and tying them to congress. >> a legitimate race. >> we know what happens when republicans are in office. mitt romney has to own that. >> eliot: the complete lack of fact underlying the argument. sam seder and alexis mcgill johnson, thank you for being on the program. join us for coverage of the second presidential debate. i'll be here with with governor granholm and john fugelsang....
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now, vice president joe biden is going. mitt romney will be speaking as is tradition that any presidential candidate speaks at the naacp convention before the election. but now we've got biden and romney. this is a curious picture given that we have an african-american president who was asked to speak at that event. especially in these hards times when we have african-american unemployment at a really bad spot. 14.4%. it rose in the last month from 13.6% while white unemployment and latino unemployment stayed where they are. they're not great either, but it would have been a good time to go and say hey here's how we can improve those numbers. that's not the direction for whatever reason that president obama chose to go. vice president biden will go. michael shure has more on this story. michael, what is going on here? >> it's an interesting thing. initially we had the naacp who said president was slated to be at the naacp convention. he then pulled out of the convention even knowing that mitt romney was slated to speak ther
now, vice president joe biden is going. mitt romney will be speaking as is tradition that any presidential candidate speaks at the naacp convention before the election. but now we've got biden and romney. this is a curious picture given that we have an african-american president who was asked to speak at that event. especially in these hards times when we have african-american unemployment at a really bad spot. 14.4%. it rose in the last month from 13.6% while white unemployment and latino...
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that now goes to joe biden. the happiest clappiest guy i have ever seen. >> stephanie: yeah isn't that something. we were just comparing it to the great bill clinton tape. there really is something to be said for jumping down. >> bill clinton jumping up and down? >> stephanie: yes. >> and the guy has had bypass surgery, can you calm it down a notch, bill. but exactly, he was amazing. who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes. joe biden did everything you predicted, stephanie. you predicted this was going to happen. >> stephanie: i said he is going to make mincemeat out of him. >> you did. and who eats mincemeat anyway? >> stephanie: i don't know. >> here is what is so interesting about the whole process. is you get these moments. there was one moment late in the debate, and you talked about it earlier on where they got into choice, they got into abortion and here was paul ryan saying our ticket believes absolutely we don't want unelected judges making this decision. wouldn't you have loved to have a tap
that now goes to joe biden. the happiest clappiest guy i have ever seen. >> stephanie: yeah isn't that something. we were just comparing it to the great bill clinton tape. there really is something to be said for jumping down. >> bill clinton jumping up and down? >> stephanie: yes. >> and the guy has had bypass surgery, can you calm it down a notch, bill. but exactly, he was amazing. who are you going to believe me or your lying eyes. joe biden did everything you...
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biden. forget about it. >> stephanie: look at his speech. ryan's speech at the rnc, john that was just about as thoroughly fact checked -- >> oh my gosh. that speech just got home to his wife last night. >> stephanie: we just said that's where the jump in jobs has happened in fact checkers. >> yes. >> stephanie: john fugelsang remains in the side car. we continue with the remaining moments of fridays with fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: highbrow low brow unibrow. it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) john fugelsang sees what happens. >> you know, blaming this economy on barack obama is kinda like blaming your hangover on the guy making breakfast. i like mitt romney but i'm sorry. they guy has flipped more than a crack house mattress. this campaign has become so toxic, beverly hills hou
biden. forget about it. >> stephanie: look at his speech. ryan's speech at the rnc, john that was just about as thoroughly fact checked -- >> oh my gosh. that speech just got home to his wife last night. >> stephanie: we just said that's where the jump in jobs has happened in fact checkers. >> yes. >> stephanie: john fugelsang remains in the side car. we continue with the remaining moments of fridays with fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." >>...
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. >> i thought vice president joe biden did a good job of tying mitt romney paul ryan and tying them to congress. >> a legitimate race. >> we know what happens when republicans are in office. mitt romney has to own that. >> eliot: the complete lack of fact underlying the argument. sam seder and alexis mcgill johnson, thank you for being on the program. join us for coverage of the second presidential debate. i'll be here with with governor granholm and john fugelsang. that's only on current tv. coming up, the romney tax plan so riddled with holes that even fox news is not buying now to my point. (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ ♪ hmm these sme
. >> i thought vice president joe biden did a good job of tying mitt romney paul ryan and tying them to congress. >> a legitimate race. >> we know what happens when republicans are in office. mitt romney has to own that. >> eliot: the complete lack of fact underlying the argument. sam seder and alexis mcgill johnson, thank you for being on the program. join us for coverage of the second presidential debate. i'll be here with with governor granholm and john fugelsang....
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they employed joe biden as an interimmediatary and this friday kathleen is he babious was most contrite and apologetic when announcing their new plan for women who work for religious-affiliated institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. by using third party insurers. where in the bible does it say that birth control is wrong. you're probabling saying hey the bible says be fruitful and multiply. which it does. but if the pope against birth control, why does the pope get to be a celibate. kind of do as i say not as i don't do. also when
they employed joe biden as an interimmediatary and this friday kathleen is he babious was most contrite and apologetic when announcing their new plan for women who work for religious-affiliated institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. by using third party insurers. where in the bible does it say that birth control is wrong. you're probabling saying hey the bible says be fruitful and multiply. which it does. but if the pope against birth control,...
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that was a joe biden type answer. >> bill: it was. i do give joe biden a lot of credit. the president watched that debate and he saw how you can be -- you just don't let the stuff slide. you've got to come back. the president several times said that's not true. nothing you said was true. this is almost a direct quote from something joe biden said. >> he didn't say malarkey. >> bill: no, he didn't. president obama also made fun of, he used humor, you know, and sarcasm very effectively i thought, when he talked about you mitt romney's tax plan. $5 trillion in cuts, tax cuts, $2 trillion in additional spending to the pentagon, which the pentagon said it doesn't need or want, and then a trillion dollars to continue the bush tax cuts, which adds up to $8 trillion and the president pointed out and yet mitt romney says that's not going to impact the budget or deficit at all because he's going to make it up with some deductions which he won't name. president obama says deductions? >> if somebody came to you governor with a plan that said here, i want to spend seven or $8 trillio
that was a joe biden type answer. >> bill: it was. i do give joe biden a lot of credit. the president watched that debate and he saw how you can be -- you just don't let the stuff slide. you've got to come back. the president several times said that's not true. nothing you said was true. this is almost a direct quote from something joe biden said. >> he didn't say malarkey. >> bill: no, he didn't. president obama also made fun of, he used humor, you know, and sarcasm very...
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biden. maybe it's time for the constitutional amendment to rethink some of this. that's my view. become so toxic, beverly hills housewives are now injecting it into their foreheads. (vo) so current gave him a weekly show. >> i love romney's debate style, but i tell you, if i could be that stiff for 90 minutes, i'd ... (vo) we probably won't regret it. >> eliot: 56 americans were taken hostage by islamic revenues leaser from the embassy in iran. they would be held for 444 days. this story is well-known. what is less well-known is that six diplomats working managed to escape and spend the next three months hiding out in the private residents of two canadian diplomats. the rest were taken in a plan plan, an unbelievable rescue is drama advertised in the major motion picture called "argo" in which mr. men dead is portrayed by ben affleck. >> i'm tony men dead. this is what i do. i get people out and i never left people behind. >> eliot: i'm joined by the real tony mendez and author of the new bo
biden. maybe it's time for the constitutional amendment to rethink some of this. that's my view. become so toxic, beverly hills housewives are now injecting it into their foreheads. (vo) so current gave him a weekly show. >> i love romney's debate style, but i tell you, if i could be that stiff for 90 minutes, i'd ... (vo) we probably won't regret it. >> eliot: 56 americans were taken hostage by islamic revenues leaser from the embassy in iran. they would be held for 444 days. this...
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i can tell through are democrats like joe biden who would never get behind this again. >> yeah, but they were pointing it from the shock and all. you don't need the ground troops. >> john: true. >> this is an age thing. >> john: speak for yourself. please, go ahead. >> you know, we had the gulf war influence. after that, the flip flop was oh, maybe we can get in and get out like that. that kind of worked. >> john: there were only 7% of us saying that was wrong to restore the dictator of kuwait. >> now after this one after iraq we're all going to be no, we're not going to get into anything. and it's just going to-- >> john: i have ten seconds left is there any validity that iraqis are better off now than they were. >> the ones who are dead? >> john: when we talk about how sorry harry reid is for acting like harry reid. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. [clucking]. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he bring
i can tell through are democrats like joe biden who would never get behind this again. >> yeah, but they were pointing it from the shock and all. you don't need the ground troops. >> john: true. >> this is an age thing. >> john: speak for yourself. please, go ahead. >> you know, we had the gulf war influence. after that, the flip flop was oh, maybe we can get in and get out like that. that kind of worked. >> john: there were only 7% of us saying that was...
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we both have two children, and we both told joe biden we didn't have extra tickets for tonight's event. tonight's event had lasagna and couscous. there was some confusion with the seating charts. for a moment someone accidently sat governor chris christie with the republicans. that was awkward and i apologize. one rising star on the right is senator marco rubio or as he's known in the republican part, our black guy. the supreme court seems divided over same-sex marriage. the liberal justice are in favor and the conservatives oppose any life-long sacred union between two men it's scalia and clarence thomas. >> john: if mitt romney had one november that would have been victoria jackson hosting. where my friends does conan rank. i know they don't come anywhere near elayne boosier. how did he do. >> he did fine. the halibut joke was funny. but he should have said cnn reported that the halibut had already been caught. >> the brown halibut. >> a much better joke. >> he seemed a little stiff. >> john: that's conan. >> but conan is not a stand-up comedian. he went right from being a comedy wri
we both have two children, and we both told joe biden we didn't have extra tickets for tonight's event. tonight's event had lasagna and couscous. there was some confusion with the seating charts. for a moment someone accidently sat governor chris christie with the republicans. that was awkward and i apologize. one rising star on the right is senator marco rubio or as he's known in the republican part, our black guy. the supreme court seems divided over same-sex marriage. the liberal justice are...
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today the senate bassed the violence against women's act that joe biden originally wrote almost 20 years ago and i now urge the house to do the same. [applause] good job joe. and i ask this congress to at the claire that women should earn a living equal to their efforts. finally pass the paycheck fairness act this year. [applause] we know our economy is stronger when we reward an honest's day work with honest wages. but today a full full time worker earning minimum wage earns $14,000 a year even with the tax relief we put in place. a family with two kids that earns the minimum wage still lives below the poverty line. that's wrong. that's why the hast time this congress raised the minimum wage 19 states chose to bump theirs even higher. let's at the claire the declare in the wealthiest nation on earth no one should work and still live in poverty. let's raise the minimum wage. we should be able to get that done. [applause] this single step would raise the incomes of millions of working families. it could mean the difference between groceries or the food bank. rent or eviction. scraping by
today the senate bassed the violence against women's act that joe biden originally wrote almost 20 years ago and i now urge the house to do the same. [applause] good job joe. and i ask this congress to at the claire that women should earn a living equal to their efforts. finally pass the paycheck fairness act this year. [applause] we know our economy is stronger when we reward an honest's day work with honest wages. but today a full full time worker earning minimum wage earns $14,000 a year...
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but if someone does show up, and i don't know if joe biden is that person, quite frankly, i don't think he is. i don't know who that person would be. it's tough to know. a lot of people would love to see elizabeth warren, but i don't know that she's considered too left. i think it's considered too early in her career, and i don't get the sense that, look, she'll be in that seat for many years if she wants, elizabeth warren, and she's doing a lot of things in the senate all right. so i don't know--i don't know who that person on the left is at this point. >> john: folks, i just want to say we are, of course, winding up current tv, and it's very sad. of course, al gore intended this to be an independent liberal news channel. i'll let people debate how successful because. i think a lot of good programming happened. i thank each one of you for being part of this experiment and for being part of this show when i got to gig. i intended to surround myself with people who are smarter than me, and i thank you for being part of that. >> i don't think any of us would agree that we were better on t
but if someone does show up, and i don't know if joe biden is that person, quite frankly, i don't think he is. i don't know who that person would be. it's tough to know. a lot of people would love to see elizabeth warren, but i don't know that she's considered too left. i think it's considered too early in her career, and i don't get the sense that, look, she'll be in that seat for many years if she wants, elizabeth warren, and she's doing a lot of things in the senate all right. so i don't...
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. >> john: what do you expect joe biden to come up tomorrow? >> i think that he'll have a pretty small menu of three or four things. i don't think they'll really go that big. i think it may include some version of assault weapons ban. they'll start to get that, and then background checks and the extended magazines. i'm not sure how much they'll go beyond that. you know, the so hard this fight. so maddening for the obvious reasons, the reasons that you discussed, but you know, they really should be able to get some kind of win out of this, but it's going to be interesting to see how much of his personal capital, emotional life the president will put into this. >> john: i agree. and it seems based on his comments that he's ready to work unilaterally if congress does not comply. rick, do you think they'll pick up gun laws in the next few months and do you think high capacity ammo ban can pass. >> we do have the filibuster. we do have senators who can individually place holds on laws. we do have the hatchet rule that means when it comes to the floo
. >> john: what do you expect joe biden to come up tomorrow? >> i think that he'll have a pretty small menu of three or four things. i don't think they'll really go that big. i think it may include some version of assault weapons ban. they'll start to get that, and then background checks and the extended magazines. i'm not sure how much they'll go beyond that. you know, the so hard this fight. so maddening for the obvious reasons, the reasons that you discussed, but you know, they...
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mm-hmm that's vice president joe biden standing to applaud and as i mentioned there is house speaker john boehner remaining seated, not clapping anand looking completely miserable. i wonder why that may be. here to join us is ari berman, contributing writer to the nation. who just wrote a brilliant piece titled "why are conservatives trying to destroy the voting rights act." it appears only party stood up for the concept. is this especially telling? >> i think it's an unfortunate fact for our democracy that we have our party that by and large is supporting the right to vote. and another party that has done everything possible that it could in the last few years to restrict the right to vote. i don't think that's good for a healthy democracy to have one party that is for democracy. and it was telling that boehner didn't clap for that. he didn't get up when president obama introduced the 102-year-old woman who waited six hours to vote. >> john: in your article you talk about the voting rights being he would up in 2006 by a vote in the house that was 390-33. now it's under attack by a s
mm-hmm that's vice president joe biden standing to applaud and as i mentioned there is house speaker john boehner remaining seated, not clapping anand looking completely miserable. i wonder why that may be. here to join us is ari berman, contributing writer to the nation. who just wrote a brilliant piece titled "why are conservatives trying to destroy the voting rights act." it appears only party stood up for the concept. is this especially telling? >> i think it's an...
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. >> i'm going to ask my colleagues just like they did with john bolton joe biden said no confirmation without information. no confirmation back in information. >> john: that's right. back in 2005 then-senator joe biden tried to hold up john bolton's nomination to get information related to john bolton. graham is holding up hagel and brennan to asking is neither hagel nor brennan did. here to help sort this out is tonight's panel. eric boehlert senior fellow with media matters for america. and l. joy williams morning host for "this week in blackness." and dean obeidallah politico median and creator of the dean's report.com. i'm thrilled that you're here to join me. eric why is lindsey graham doing all this? is he just auditioning to a party to a base that di pieces him? >> it's clear that it's some sort of audition. he's doing it because he doesn't want to be primaried in south carolina republican. you know, it's not just graham. susan rice. there were senators who said the same thing. we're going to hold up any nomination for anything because we don't like susan rice. all of this is u
. >> i'm going to ask my colleagues just like they did with john bolton joe biden said no confirmation without information. no confirmation back in information. >> john: that's right. back in 2005 then-senator joe biden tried to hold up john bolton's nomination to get information related to john bolton. graham is holding up hagel and brennan to asking is neither hagel nor brennan did. here to help sort this out is tonight's panel. eric boehlert senior fellow with media matters for...
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. >> i'll be voting for he and vice president joe biden. >> we are pulling and all nigher. no sleep. >> i am not always in agreement with everything that's written in the republican platform about issues. >> the pot wants to talk about protecting characters on sesame street. >> you don't appear to like each other. >> i don't think that any relationship with me and mitt romney is different from previous presidential campaigns. >> what's the thing between trump and you. >> this all dates to when we were growing up together in kenya. [ laughter ] >> that's funny. you know what happened today? the president voted. what's going on? >> no, it's early voting. he wants to encourage those to do likewise. >> this is really convenient. i can't tell you who i voted for. [ laughter ] >> but i very much appreciate every here and it's good to be home back in the neighborhood. >> he's a democratic. you never know. he might have voted for a republican. ok. probably voted for himself. now, he's been all over the campaign trail t.v., on the stub. in many states. we've encapsulated that whole
. >> i'll be voting for he and vice president joe biden. >> we are pulling and all nigher. no sleep. >> i am not always in agreement with everything that's written in the republican platform about issues. >> the pot wants to talk about protecting characters on sesame street. >> you don't appear to like each other. >> i don't think that any relationship with me and mitt romney is different from previous presidential campaigns. >> what's the thing between...
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joe biden had more fun there than he had in a long time. >> i gave him credit for going. the speech was sincere and from the heart. >> eliot: biden or romney. >> no, romney. biden was great. he knocked it out of the park. romney said he knew he was going to get booed. he was not talking to the naacp. he was talking past to the naacp to folks on am radio and more or less afeeling to the folks who like a man who get booed by that evil naacp. >> eliot: he said it, he talked about people who want things for free. >> that's the sinister part. that's where he got sinter. he has come close, do you remember the debate where he compared the president as a merchant holding the scale. mittens, you're getting close. the free stuff. those people want the free stuff. >> eliot: what is that code for. >> here's the thing that no one in the media is upset about. they booed him over the obama-care, so is it tax or free stuff. that's two flip flops in one race baiting sentence. >> eliot: 's good at it. >> we were pounding him on that very issue. the idiocy defies anything i've ever seen. it
joe biden had more fun there than he had in a long time. >> i gave him credit for going. the speech was sincere and from the heart. >> eliot: biden or romney. >> no, romney. biden was great. he knocked it out of the park. romney said he knew he was going to get booed. he was not talking to the naacp. he was talking past to the naacp to folks on am radio and more or less afeeling to the folks who like a man who get booed by that evil naacp. >> eliot: he said it, he talked...
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biden heads. there are many steps in the right direction. starting with the executive orders. but the real the crux of the matter is the universal background checks. this is so common sense. it doesn't make any sense that anybody would be opposed to it. as you mentioned in the intro i just got back yesterday from spending time with newtown families. we were very privileged to be invited, roxanne who lost her daughter the same time i was shot and gabriel giffords was shot, to see her speak to families who are just starting this horrible road of grief that no parent should have to go through. it puts a human face on these statisticses that we keep throwing out. >> john: indeed. and i think that that's what is guiding the president through this proposed legislation. but i want to get back to john with the politics. if the senate pass this is package, and then the house kills it, what do you think happens next? and can the democrats benefit long-term if the house republicans demolish this potential le
biden heads. there are many steps in the right direction. starting with the executive orders. but the real the crux of the matter is the universal background checks. this is so common sense. it doesn't make any sense that anybody would be opposed to it. as you mentioned in the intro i just got back yesterday from spending time with newtown families. we were very privileged to be invited, roxanne who lost her daughter the same time i was shot and gabriel giffords was shot, to see her speak to...
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biden or bo the white house dog could show up. the president is not expected to return to the state before the june 5th lurk shun, and not expected to even comment on this recall race. for more let's bring in graeme zielinski, communications director for the democratic party of wisconsin. also joining us is political reporter for "the national journal," alex roarty. gentlemen thank you both so much for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on. >> graeme dealing with the substantial money disadvantage how can wisconsin democrats hope to get over the top? >> we already have made up the ground. the poll you cited was done by a real pollster not some robo poll, paid for on mother's day by some illinois manufacturer's group. our polling -- that's true. that's one of the polls that walker is citing a robo call on mother's day. we just achieved ad parity on the air with scott walker last week, and closed the grown rapidly. we took a $40 million punch from scott walker, and he didn't move the needle at all. we are now moving the need
biden or bo the white house dog could show up. the president is not expected to return to the state before the june 5th lurk shun, and not expected to even comment on this recall race. for more let's bring in graeme zielinski, communications director for the democratic party of wisconsin. also joining us is political reporter for "the national journal," alex roarty. gentlemen thank you both so much for your time tonight. >> thanks for having me on. >> graeme dealing with...
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>> yes, and so a joe biden. >> obviously the president himself has other presidential duties to take care of but they haven't suspended all activity on that side. >> but they haven't claimed to suspend activity. >> right. but just to be fair that is happening. >> i was watching cnn last night, and i did see an obama for president commercial. >> it's tricky. they have to really be delegate with this. you can't appear to be insensitive, but at the same time you can't sit back and do nothing with a week to go. >> right. and when it comes to campaign ads those are brought up i head of time for the most part. and romney did say he was canceling all fund-raising emails. >> although one of our callers did say she got a robo call from the romney campaign. >> yeah but maybe they were preprogrammed as well. >> it's hard to shut those down. >> right. do you think that obama has appeared presidential in the sense he has been covering the hurricane? >> yeah. >> i think he has done a very good job. i have only heard good things about fema's responsiveness during the storm. even chris christie one
>> yes, and so a joe biden. >> obviously the president himself has other presidential duties to take care of but they haven't suspended all activity on that side. >> but they haven't claimed to suspend activity. >> right. but just to be fair that is happening. >> i was watching cnn last night, and i did see an obama for president commercial. >> it's tricky. they have to really be delegate with this. you can't appear to be insensitive, but at the same time you...
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fun of joe biden's intellect. joe biden not only has a fierce intellect, he has an amazing huge heart which is why he will mop the floor with paul ryan. joe biden is a huge hearted american who really puts his money where his mouth is. really cares and i'll take his morality over the entire g.o.p. any day. i do thank you for the call. we'll be taking more of your calls at 1-866-55-press. and i love joe biden. he's a guarantee that no one will ever take a shot at barack obama. what do you want? you want to get the middle-aged white guy who is a middle age with plugs? no republican wants that. we'll be right back after this. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. they're doing this this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>that's an understatement, eliot. >> announcer: taking your e-mails on any topic at any show." live on your radio and current >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> john: the tweets are coming in today at the "bill press show." it w
fun of joe biden's intellect. joe biden not only has a fierce intellect, he has an amazing huge heart which is why he will mop the floor with paul ryan. joe biden is a huge hearted american who really puts his money where his mouth is. really cares and i'll take his morality over the entire g.o.p. any day. i do thank you for the call. we'll be taking more of your calls at 1-866-55-press. and i love joe biden. he's a guarantee that no one will ever take a shot at barack obama. what do you want?...
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joe biden yesterday. >> in all of my years involved in these issues there is nothing that has gone to the heart of the matter more than the visual image people have of little six year old kids riddled -- not shot with a stray bullet riddle riddled with bullet holes in their classroom. >> stephanie: yeah, have you seen the picture of the president when he first heard about what happened at sandy hook. some of the details, it's the reality of stuff -- there was another detail i heard from the aurora shooting that the 911 dispatcher couldn't hear because there were so many gunshots. bill clinton yesterday. >> i grew up in a hunting culture, but this is nuts. >> stephanie: he says why does anyone need a 30-round clip for a gun. half of all of the mass killings in the u.s. have occurred since the assault weapon ban expired. half in all of the history of the country. so i hope gabby giffords and other people who stepped up after the newtown tragedy. half of all mass killings in the u.s. have occurred since the assault weapons ban expired. how do you explain that. >> feral elves. >> stephani
joe biden yesterday. >> in all of my years involved in these issues there is nothing that has gone to the heart of the matter more than the visual image people have of little six year old kids riddled -- not shot with a stray bullet riddle riddled with bullet holes in their classroom. >> stephanie: yeah, have you seen the picture of the president when he first heard about what happened at sandy hook. some of the details, it's the reality of stuff -- there was another detail i heard...
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. >> we are giving joe biden shooting off his mouth all of the credit for this. [ laughter ] >> but i must say what was it -- do you think the democratic party -- obviously you are on the right side of history, and we can tell that because we see more and more of our republicans loved ones come over on this side of the issue. are you inspired, sir to see how many republicans are beginning to come on to your side, and do you think we'll see the rnc adopt a more marriage equality positive platform in years to come? >> i do. there are a number of bills affecting the lgbt community in congress, and every year that i have been there we see more and more republicans adding on as cosponsors, and you can literally measure the progress as you see those gop names added on to the bills. it's going to be sometime. they have a distance to go right now. i think their party platform is worse than having no equality provision, because they basically have a equal rights provision in it, but then it says we exclude from this the lgbt community. >> yeah but then you have people like congressman steve ki
. >> we are giving joe biden shooting off his mouth all of the credit for this. [ laughter ] >> but i must say what was it -- do you think the democratic party -- obviously you are on the right side of history, and we can tell that because we see more and more of our republicans loved ones come over on this side of the issue. are you inspired, sir to see how many republicans are beginning to come on to your side, and do you think we'll see the rnc adopt a more marriage equality...
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up next, why don't we put joe biden and paul ryan in a room? we'll hand each of them a steel pipe and settle this election the old fashioned way. ok, maybe that's a bit much, but i really like our odds in that, but, our next guest would, as well and beau biden enters the war room, right after this break. fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. a fruity, cool way to break the ice. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. >> it's my great honor to place into nomination for the office of vice president of the united states my father, my hero, joe biden. [ applause ] >> i move to mom night by action clammation, joe biden. >> well, that's beau biden nominating his dad for a second material. besides his day job as chief law enforcement officer in delaware, beau has been barn storming his way across the country traveling to nevada, wisconsin ohio i'm sure others in support of his father and the president. tonight, we're so pleased to welcome delaware attorney general beau b
up next, why don't we put joe biden and paul ryan in a room? we'll hand each of them a steel pipe and settle this election the old fashioned way. ok, maybe that's a bit much, but i really like our odds in that, but, our next guest would, as well and beau biden enters the war room, right after this break. fruit just got cooler. fruit on one side, cool on the other. new ice breakers duo. a fruity, cool way to break the ice. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years...
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. >> i think joe biden hurt his own cause. many ladies [ overlapping speakers ] >> much less paul ryan who conducted himself with dignity. biden did himself and the president no favors. >> stephanie: yeah, you know what the ladies don't like bill, when you call us the ladies. >> say baby put down that pipe and get my pipe up. >> stephanie: and the ladies don't like being harassed when they are subordinate employees, and then you have to pay off phone sex scandals. >> or have your husbands hitting on hot italian chicks while you are pregnant with their kid, allegedly. >> stephanie: yes. okay. all right. lou -- wow -- really? this is what the ladies don't like, bill? ladies don't like being scrubbed with a lufa in the shower. >> girls like me. >> stephanie: lou dobbs. >> for whatever reason she has a [ inaudible ]. taking credit seems to be no problem. you would think he was right there with sale team six. but he is nowhere present when it comes to 23 million people out of work and his trillion dollar deficit -- >> stephanie: uh
. >> i think joe biden hurt his own cause. many ladies [ overlapping speakers ] >> much less paul ryan who conducted himself with dignity. biden did himself and the president no favors. >> stephanie: yeah, you know what the ladies don't like bill, when you call us the ladies. >> say baby put down that pipe and get my pipe up. >> stephanie: and the ladies don't like being harassed when they are subordinate employees, and then you have to pay off phone sex scandals....
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joe biden is actually going to be in town in tampa on monday. but their worst nightmare is that todd akin should -- could show up as well. and why not? the party just adopted his official platform. so we will follow that and a whole lot more. but first, take a couple of minutes out here to get today's current news update the latest from lisa ferguson. hi, lisa. take it away. >> hi, bill. good morning, everyone. team romney is keeping up medicare attacks with a new ad called nothing's free. >> some think obama care is the same as free health care, but nothing is free. obama is raiding $716,000,000,000 from medicare changing the program forever. >> the ad goes on to say romney and ryan's medicare plan would restore that funding and protect and strengthen medicare for the next generation. but here is the thing. according to the congressional budget office, ryan's plan does not strengthen medicare at all. it actually makes it harder for seniors to pay their bills, giving them a voucher that does not cover the entire cost of medicare. according to a
joe biden is actually going to be in town in tampa on monday. but their worst nightmare is that todd akin should -- could show up as well. and why not? the party just adopted his official platform. so we will follow that and a whole lot more. but first, take a couple of minutes out here to get today's current news update the latest from lisa ferguson. hi, lisa. take it away. >> hi, bill. good morning, everyone. team romney is keeping up medicare attacks with a new ad called nothing's...
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>> caller: i bet president obama and joe biden doesn't know it either. there is women in 31 states that don't know it either. here is a woman that has been raped. she has brought the child to term, and then she is forced with the reality in 31 states that she has to bring this child to some state prison every other weekend for 13 years. >> stephanie: i know. david in new hampshire who is running for the state senate. >> caller: yeah thank you. >> stephanie: go ahead. >> caller: yeah, i'm david pierce, i'm running for the state senate and what i wanted to talk about is -- the gop has a war going against everybody. a war on women, or on on the middle class, and the war on gays. i have been in the out now for six years and in 2009 i lead the right where we passed marriage equality into law. i talked about my husband of 20 years, our two kids and not how literally mundane our life is and i think that made it normal for a lot of people. >> stephanie: gays can be just as boring as straight people. trust me on that. >> caller: and we are the poster children for
>> caller: i bet president obama and joe biden doesn't know it either. there is women in 31 states that don't know it either. here is a woman that has been raped. she has brought the child to term, and then she is forced with the reality in 31 states that she has to bring this child to some state prison every other weekend for 13 years. >> stephanie: i know. david in new hampshire who is running for the state senate. >> caller: yeah thank you. >> stephanie: go ahead....
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i mean i thought he was -- i thought he was great, joe biden. >> i thought he -- he was terrific. i -- i thought it was one of his better speeches. it was really good and i think he laid out the issues very well. >> stephanie: ron, obviously your issue, health care and it is amazing i still get all of the right-wing emails with misinformation. i thought bill clinton said it best paul ryan that takes some brass to accuse someone of doing what you did. >> that's true. it's worth concentrating for a moment on medicare. there are three things, i think to keep in mind with respect to medicare and the republicans. the first is republicans have been trying to confuse this issue by saying president obama cut $700 million from the medicare program. there are two problems with that, first is it didn't cut a red cent from what seniors are getting through medicare. what it did do was created efficiencies by making sure the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies that were getting windfall payment; that there would be greater efficiency and that helps the taxpayer. but what makes
i mean i thought he was -- i thought he was great, joe biden. >> i thought he -- he was terrific. i -- i thought it was one of his better speeches. it was really good and i think he laid out the issues very well. >> stephanie: ron, obviously your issue, health care and it is amazing i still get all of the right-wing emails with misinformation. i thought bill clinton said it best paul ryan that takes some brass to accuse someone of doing what you did. >> that's true. it's worth...
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because joe biden -- so first of all, current. this is what it is. they only focus on -- and excuse me. is that anything analogous to what akin said? >> i don't remember the joe biden at any point during his career trying to put forth a bill that called the republicans want to chain black people bill. referring to -- or the reintroduction of slavery act. or america was better off when we had slave labor bill. >> stephanie: by the way -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] stunning representative steve king -- >> stunningly dumb. >> stephanie: he did not condemn todd akin. and he also told a reporter he's never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest. he said i haven't heard of that in any personal way. >> then it doesn't happen. anything he doesn't hear about personally. like the ravenous bug beast who is so ravenous, if you throw a towel over your own head, if you can't see him he can't see you so the world disappears. >> stephanie: at least half of all babies born to minor women are fathered by adult men. so there's that. actua
because joe biden -- so first of all, current. this is what it is. they only focus on -- and excuse me. is that anything analogous to what akin said? >> i don't remember the joe biden at any point during his career trying to put forth a bill that called the republicans want to chain black people bill. referring to -- or the reintroduction of slavery act. or america was better off when we had slave labor bill. >> stephanie: by the way -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ]...
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>> yeah and limbaugh's complete inability to understand how joe biden might be reelected again, or barack obama, we see this over and over again, just cannot understand incomprehensible, because they have been listening to the rhetoric for the last couple of years. and here they are, three or four weeks away. so they can't figure it out, and that goes back to the jobs conspiracy, polling conspiracy digging up videos from five years ago. these are all dilutional break-downkind of ways. they are trying to understand what is happening. because they don't understand what is happening. they don't engage in american politics anymore, because they are in their bubble four years at a time. >> stephanie: yep. great stuff. all right, eric boehlert see you next week. >> bye-bye. [ applause ] >> how does he do that >> stephanie: he just cannot wait to get off of the phone with me. lisa in houston go ahead. >> caller: i want to say something about the president's debate. i just want to tell those people who freaking out, because they feel he didn't win the debate does that mean everything he did goes
>> yeah and limbaugh's complete inability to understand how joe biden might be reelected again, or barack obama, we see this over and over again, just cannot understand incomprehensible, because they have been listening to the rhetoric for the last couple of years. and here they are, three or four weeks away. so they can't figure it out, and that goes back to the jobs conspiracy, polling conspiracy digging up videos from five years ago. these are all dilutional break-downkind of ways....
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joe biden, joe biden's getting a lot of grief for. >> it was great. >> bill: for the smiles at the debate last week. what did you think? >> i loved it, because every time one of the split screens you saw joe biden smiling you knew ryan lying. >> bill: those ryan eyes, those lying eyes. >> i thought he was good and everybody was still worried because it could have gone either way. you needed some energy after obama playing his game of angry birds or whatever he had on his ipod that he kept looking down at the podium for. >> bill: that's what he was doing, angry birds. >> but i thought, and the democrats, of course, very worried about joe biden. he's not just a loose cannon, he's a loose aircraft carrier so you don't know. i thought he was spot on, showing off his expensive dental work. >> bill: and he knew his facts. what i love, they came out of the box swinging right from the very one, he said on libya. whatever the question was, he was going to make the point. here's the different between obama and romney and he went down boom, boom, boom, boom, here are the issues. >> he didn't let rya
joe biden, joe biden's getting a lot of grief for. >> it was great. >> bill: for the smiles at the debate last week. what did you think? >> i loved it, because every time one of the split screens you saw joe biden smiling you knew ryan lying. >> bill: those ryan eyes, those lying eyes. >> i thought he was good and everybody was still worried because it could have gone either way. you needed some energy after obama playing his game of angry birds or whatever he had...
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. >> stephanie: joe biden taking it to mitt romney on the campaign trail. >> you have to give mitt romney credit. he's a job creator. in singapore china india. >> stephanie: bam! >> we'll let him have it because it is a good line. >> stephanie: he said this good man mitt romney has looked at american workers and looked at all of you and the places i come from as part of the problem. the president and i don't see them as part of the problem. we see them as the heart of the solution. thank you, sir. he brought up romney's swiss bank account. bam. saying it shows that romney is out of touch. ya think? by the way hal did you see this? the obama camp obviously talking about "the washington post" report that linked bain capital to companies who ship jobs overseas. "the washington post" politics fact checker previously had taken a dim view. i think like the day before then they ran a story about how oh -- [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] i love this. the romney camp hit back saying biden had doubled down on the obama campaign misleading attack. [ ding ding ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: thank you
. >> stephanie: joe biden taking it to mitt romney on the campaign trail. >> you have to give mitt romney credit. he's a job creator. in singapore china india. >> stephanie: bam! >> we'll let him have it because it is a good line. >> stephanie: he said this good man mitt romney has looked at american workers and looked at all of you and the places i come from as part of the problem. the president and i don't see them as part of the problem. we see them as the heart...
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it is a bunch of malarkey -- i just used joe biden's word. >> you sir, are a liar. liar, liar, your pants are on fire! >> stephanie: okay. forty-five minutes after the hour. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> sweet lady gaga that is good. >> announcer: it is the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >>start the night with a special live edition of "talking liberally with stephanie miller" at 7 eastern. only on current tv. [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15 seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. you so fascinated by the prices, you keep rambling on! i know! -that pork chop was great! -no more fast food friday's! so we gotta go! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] try our 15 under $15 menu and sea food differ
it is a bunch of malarkey -- i just used joe biden's word. >> you sir, are a liar. liar, liar, your pants are on fire! >> stephanie: okay. forty-five minutes after the hour. we'll be right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> sweet lady gaga that is good. >> announcer: it is the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >>start the night with a special live edition of "talking liberally with stephanie miller" at 7 eastern. only on current tv. [...
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. >> michael: joe biden shows signs he might run. he'll be in iowa to speak. and public policy polling put out a survey of what hawk eye dems are thinking at least for now. in july they mound clinton leads biden 71-12. it's hard to say what might happen in the 2016 campaign, except that it's starting way too early, after all president obama was only reelected nine months ago. at this time in the cycle, no one considered the new senator with a funny came to even with a candidate. so who knows what might happen. joining us from washington is mitch stewart, founding partner at 270 strategies and the former battleground states director of the obama for america campaign, and the man who has sent me more emails than anyone alive. thanks for being on our show, mitch. >> my pleasure, michael, thanks for having me. >> michael: one of them could have said i had like $$140 million waiting for me in nigeria, but none of them saad that. how do you campaign for someone who is not even a candidate yet? >> well, i think you said a couple of things in the prelude to this that
. >> michael: joe biden shows signs he might run. he'll be in iowa to speak. and public policy polling put out a survey of what hawk eye dems are thinking at least for now. in july they mound clinton leads biden 71-12. it's hard to say what might happen in the 2016 campaign, except that it's starting way too early, after all president obama was only reelected nine months ago. at this time in the cycle, no one considered the new senator with a funny came to even with a candidate. so who...
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biden. [ cheers and applause ] >> i move to suspend the roll and nominate by acclaimation joe biden as the vice presidential candidate. [ cheers and applause ] >> jennifer: let me just say i love joe biden. that was him tearing up at the convention last night, as his son beau who is also the attorney general of delaware nominated his father his hero for a second term. the pundits have spent a lot of time rehashing the most fiery speeches, but there were also a lot of moments like that. here are some of our favorites. >> it's about whether we do for our fellow americans what my crew did for me, whether we'll look out for the hardest hit and the disabled whether we'll pool together in a time of need whether we'll refuse to give up until the job is done. >>> barack knows the american dream because he has lived it, and he wants everyone in this country -- everyone, so have the same opportunity no matter who we are, or where we're from or what we look like, or who we
biden. [ cheers and applause ] >> i move to suspend the roll and nominate by acclaimation joe biden as the vice presidential candidate. [ cheers and applause ] >> jennifer: let me just say i love joe biden. that was him tearing up at the convention last night, as his son beau who is also the attorney general of delaware nominated his father his hero for a second term. the pundits have spent a lot of time rehashing the most fiery speeches, but there were also a lot of moments like...
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we'll talk about joe biden, and then we'll have some great guest, alexander jaffy from the hill josh dubuax, and jim tankersley. it will be a great show and we have our entire team here. >> wait, are we going to have dennis rodman on today's show. >> i think so. and in honor of dennis i'm here this morning, but guess what -- don't hate me. [ laughter ] >> all right. we're going to get started in just a minute here. i want you all to call in 866-55-press, 866-557-7377. good morning, welcome to the "bill press show." my name is jamal simmons and we'll be right back. ♪ billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best p
we'll talk about joe biden, and then we'll have some great guest, alexander jaffy from the hill josh dubuax, and jim tankersley. it will be a great show and we have our entire team here. >> wait, are we going to have dennis rodman on today's show. >> i think so. and in honor of dennis i'm here this morning, but guess what -- don't hate me. [ laughter ] >> all right. we're going to get started in just a minute here. i want you all to call in 866-55-press, 866-557-7377. good...
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he easy the chief of staff to vice president joe biden. he wrote for blackberg writing added vice for president obama on how to keep working class voters on his side. ron is joining us in the war room. thanks for coming back inside. >> it's always good to be here, even if only electrically. >> i know. i wish you were here at the table. on election nights we break out beer and popcorn and pizza. it is a war room, after all. maybe one of these you can join me and comment on what's going on. >> that would be great. >> let's we were just talking in the last block about the republican primary. let's jump over to what the general election might look like on a strategy on the democratic side you. wrote a column for bloomberg listing specific pieces of advice for the president. i want to start with one of the pieces of advice that i love, because it came from the news today and it's also about somebody you and i love dearly, joe biden, which is don't forget the veep, using him as a weapon. why did you say that? >> joe biden's been a friend of mine
he easy the chief of staff to vice president joe biden. he wrote for blackberg writing added vice for president obama on how to keep working class voters on his side. ron is joining us in the war room. thanks for coming back inside. >> it's always good to be here, even if only electrically. >> i know. i wish you were here at the table. on election nights we break out beer and popcorn and pizza. it is a war room, after all. maybe one of these you can join me and comment on what's...
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so president clinton will be speaking in orlando, and joe biden in ohio. meanwhile you didn't think anybody could defending richard mourdock, right? >> i would hope not. >> bill: after saying he couldn't allow any exception for abortion even in the case of rape, that is something that god intended. yesterday on this week newt gingrich defends him. >> every candidate i know every decent american i know condemns rape. why didn't stephanie cutter get over it. we all condemn rape. why can't we also defend killing babies. >> bill: yeah, just get over. it the fact that he says after todd akin says a woman can't get pregnant because of rape and richard mourdock says even if she does get pregnant she has to go through with that baby because it's part of god's plan. and newt says literally just get over it. >> yeah. >> stephanie: if you are ganged rape, and you don't know who is the father just get over it. >> turn that frown upside dine. >> stephanie: jamal simmons coming in in the next hour as a friend of bill. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court p
so president clinton will be speaking in orlando, and joe biden in ohio. meanwhile you didn't think anybody could defending richard mourdock, right? >> i would hope not. >> bill: after saying he couldn't allow any exception for abortion even in the case of rape, that is something that god intended. yesterday on this week newt gingrich defends him. >> every candidate i know every decent american i know condemns rape. why didn't stephanie cutter get over it. we all condemn rape....
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joe biden had to say that he was sorry for coming out before the president. maybe her they're waiting slightly for them to come out. we're holding on for the full 16. >> stephanie: i have to tell you, lucas, i was at the gay lbgt event for the president a couple of nights here in beverly hills. >> caller: nice. >> stephanie: i got to to tell you it was amazing. just when he came out there had to be a five minute standing ovation and the love in that room and people yelling out thank you. the energy, do you think that will translate in november. >> caller: the amount of money that gay people are giving to the president is enormous. i haven't done all the adding up yet but it's millions and millions of dollars. the bundlers, the big money gives to the president a lot of them are gay, a high proportion of them. >> stephanie: yeah, i mean, i have to say it really was an amazing event. he spoke so eloquently and from--you could tell it was from the heart. i think people know when they're being given a campaign speech and i have to say just based on that i could fe
joe biden had to say that he was sorry for coming out before the president. maybe her they're waiting slightly for them to come out. we're holding on for the full 16. >> stephanie: i have to tell you, lucas, i was at the gay lbgt event for the president a couple of nights here in beverly hills. >> caller: nice. >> stephanie: i got to to tell you it was amazing. just when he came out there had to be a five minute standing ovation and the love in that room and people yelling out...
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and i was really really pleased that president joe biden yesterday went out for the memorial service for senator george mcgovern who passed away at the age of 90 earlier in the week. telling the senator daughters your dad was a real american hero. he was a decorated pilot, and he never talked about his service in the military but indeed it was a significant -- and joe biden said he ought to get credit for it. >> your father who was characterized by these right-wing guys as a coward and unwilling to fight. your father was a genuine hero, it used to make me so angry that your father would never speak up and talk about his heroism. >> bill: and joe biden said we democrats today owe a great debt to the man who founded in fact today's modern democratic party. brought the democratic party where it is today. >> open it to women young people minorities. he is the father of the modern democratic party. your father is the father the of the modern democratic party. [ applause ] >> bill: yes, george mcgovern, great democrat and great american. what a lineup today, we have a couple of great ameri
and i was really really pleased that president joe biden yesterday went out for the memorial service for senator george mcgovern who passed away at the age of 90 earlier in the week. telling the senator daughters your dad was a real american hero. he was a decorated pilot, and he never talked about his service in the military but indeed it was a significant -- and joe biden said he ought to get credit for it. >> your father who was characterized by these right-wing guys as a coward and...
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so preempt joe biden's policy speech. after grenell's voice was not heard on the call which he set up, people began to ask questions, being silenced on a key conference call in your area of expertise is pretty damaging. it turns out grenell was at home listening and seething. the campaign was clearly trying to down play grenell's departure. how pathetic seriously is the religious right in this country nowadays. >> yeah, trying to take us backwards. >> governor finger [ censor bleep ]. >> this president has not always made the best decisions for the united states of america. the military, has cut our investments in defense. you are going to see a change in our support of the military and veterans with president mitt romney. >> yeah, that's what we're thinking. >> does anyone want to ask the veterans what they think of president obama. >> yeah. you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hi, you guys are just wonderful. my coffee -- >> i have no evidence that jacki actually exists but i am told that she does. if she shows up
so preempt joe biden's policy speech. after grenell's voice was not heard on the call which he set up, people began to ask questions, being silenced on a key conference call in your area of expertise is pretty damaging. it turns out grenell was at home listening and seething. the campaign was clearly trying to down play grenell's departure. how pathetic seriously is the religious right in this country nowadays. >> yeah, trying to take us backwards. >> governor finger [ censor bleep...
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that seems like an enthusiastic crowd. >> enthusiasms. >> stephanie: joe biden on the campaign trail. >> these are decent men, good fathers and husbands -- >> romney and ryan. >> but i don't understand how they believe -- and they do believe, ryan has getten a book called "the young guns," these are the republican leaders in the house. you had -- you had -- unfortunately the bullets ran to you. >> stephanie: and the right-wing went off yesterday. joe biden using violent imagery -- >> stephanie: they threatened to punch the president. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: dennis miller is stumping for romney now. >> oh, okay. everybody pack it in then the campaign is over. >> stephanie: do you want to hear his joke? >> oh, god? >> map, map, map, map. >> stephanie: i'm starting to see people notice it didn't work out. i have friends talk about voting for obama much the same way they told me they took an ambien and woke up naked outside. [♪ circus music ♪] >> god, he hasn't been funny since rick overton stopped writing for him. >> map, map, map, map, chachi. [ crickets c
that seems like an enthusiastic crowd. >> enthusiasms. >> stephanie: joe biden on the campaign trail. >> these are decent men, good fathers and husbands -- >> romney and ryan. >> but i don't understand how they believe -- and they do believe, ryan has getten a book called "the young guns," these are the republican leaders in the house. you had -- you had -- unfortunately the bullets ran to you. >> stephanie: and the right-wing went off yesterday....
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as joe biden said, get out of the way. stop being gentlemen, to women immigrants gays, union members. just stop. if you don't understand how the gop strategy has affected you than you're damned to be a party of bodies in the road. if you haven't learned your lesson, you know nothing about the united states. >> caller: you know that i've not always been a happy clappy obama supporter. >> stephanie: no. >> caller: but i have said that he is going to be reelected for since the election started. >> stephanie: that's why i believed it, not just nate silver but you. >> caller: i had no doubt from the second that christie and bush said they weren't going to run, there was no reason to even sweat about it. >> stephanie: you agreed with ann coulter. if we don't nominate chris christie it will be romney and we'll lose. >> if i cut it, will it bleed. >> stephanie: just twist it. >> caller: i feel like one of her bony elbows just got me in the gut. >> stephanie: you feel that karl rove's leather slave. >> caller: i was worried about k
as joe biden said, get out of the way. stop being gentlemen, to women immigrants gays, union members. just stop. if you don't understand how the gop strategy has affected you than you're damned to be a party of bodies in the road. if you haven't learned your lesson, you know nothing about the united states. >> caller: you know that i've not always been a happy clappy obama supporter. >> stephanie: no. >> caller: but i have said that he is going to be reelected for since the...
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>> i don't because of who joe biden is. one of the great things about joe biden is his feel for working-class americans. and he has always been behind the work he has done. he great intellectual, he really understands policy. it's why the president values him so but this is the guy who knows the street he knows what it is like to be in the neighborhoods, so i expect to have a real conversation with him as a viewer about what that policy means every day in our lives. >> jennifer: last question just real quickly, do you think the ryan advisors are worried about the foreign policy aspect of the debate, which is an area that paul ryan doesn't have a lot of experience in? >> if they aren't they should be, because it is certainly something that vice president bide biden has great deal of expertise in. and one of the most compelling wants or needs in a president is their ability to step immediately into those shoes moving forward. if you look back at some of our most successful vice presidents vice president gore who was fact very
>> i don't because of who joe biden is. one of the great things about joe biden is his feel for working-class americans. and he has always been behind the work he has done. he great intellectual, he really understands policy. it's why the president values him so but this is the guy who knows the street he knows what it is like to be in the neighborhoods, so i expect to have a real conversation with him as a viewer about what that policy means every day in our lives. >> jennifer:...